Mýtus Karla Marxe v kontextu formování sociálně demokratické identity a strategie
| Title in English | The Myth of Karl Marx in the Context of the Formation of the Social Democratic Identity and Strategy |
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| Year of publication | 2019 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Časopis matice moravské |
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| Web | http://www.matice-moravska.cz/files/magazine-numbers/abstrakty-2019-1.pdf |
| Keywords | social democracy; myth; identity; strategy; Marxism; Karl Marx |
| Description | The principal aim of this study is to map the myth of Karl Marx and place it into the context of the Czech social democratic environment at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The functional definition of this concept was used for the purposes of this contribution; this is typical of a Durkheimian approach, which emphasises the role of myth in a particular society or given milieu. From this point of view, a myth represents a story or information containing both historical and non-historical elements which help to explain or legitimise a given situation or idea. In addition, myth also has an integrating and identifying function – it assists in bringing together the individuals within a given community and to identify and to define the enemy (and possibly to develop a strategy for opposing it). It is exactly these functions of the myth of Karl Marx which lie at the focus of this contribution. Its specific aim is then to capture its relationship to the formation of the social democratic identity and strategy. |
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